Teens ride the ramps at the closed skate park on Pulsch Street in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. Township workers started removing equipment from the site.

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Township workers started to remove equipment from a closed Port Monmouth skate park Thursday, but it's not going without a fight.

An online petition with 744 signatures as of Thursday afternoon objected to the removal of equipment from the the 1.08-acre park off Pulsch Street, which had been purchased with $165,000 in state Green Acres funds in August 2001 for use as a skate park. Some teenagers opted to protest in person as well.

Officials closed the park in 2010. Originally, the equipment was scheduled for removal in November or December, which was delayed due to the severe winter weather, ...